Gates Cambridge Scholarship: The award of a Gates Cambridge Scholarship provides excellent opportunities for personal intellectual development, living and working alongside other similarly outstanding students from the UK and from many other countries.

Gates Cambridge Scholarships are full-cost awards for graduate study and research in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. A small number are also available for study towards a second undergraduate degree.

Host Institution(s): University of Cambridge in United Kingdom

Field of study: Any field of study offered at the University.

Number of Awards:

The Trust seeks to elect approximately 100 new Gates Scholars annually (although the exact number of awards may change from year to year).

Target group:

The scholarships are highly competitive and are awarded to citizens of any country outside the United Kingdom.

Scholarship value/inclusions:

A Gates Cambridge scholarship covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge, namely:

• the university composition fee and College fees at the appropriate rate
• a maintenance allowance for a single student (£12, 250 for 12 months at the current rate; pro rata for courses shorter then 12 months)
• the cost of the most economical airfare from the scholar’s normal country of residence to the UK at the beginning of their course and the cost of the most economical airfare from the UK to the scholar’s normal country of residence at the end of the course
• A discretionary contribution towards the costs of supporting dependants at Cambridge (upon application)

Once in residence, Gates Scholars may apply for financial help with the costs of attending conferences, undertaking fieldwork and other activities.

Scholarship Application Eligibility Criteria:

• may be citizens of any country outside the United Kingdom.
• may apply to study any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
• must apply to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses of study:
• Research leading to the PhD degree
• One-year post-graduate courses (e.g. MPhil, LLM, Diploma, CASM or Part III Maths, MBA etc.)
• 2 year MSc degree
• Second Bachelor degree as an Affiliated Student
• MBBChir Clinical Studies
• must be admitted to Cambridge through the University’s normal academic procedures. The Trust cannot admit students.
• must have a first class or high second class honours degree, or its equivalent, from a recognised university. For universities which work according to the North American pattern, candidates will be expected to have excellent transcripts with high GPA scores showing evidence of sustained achievement in study, together with the type of academic references which speak of the candidate’s leadership potential, social commitment, intellectual ability and why further study at Cambridge is particularly appropriate.

The Gates Cambridge Trust does not require candidates to take a GRE test, although some Departments in Cambridge may do so; candidates should check the relevant section of the Graduate Studies Prospectus.

• must be well prepared for the Cambridge course for which they are applying and must meet the academic criteria for admission specified by the University. Some courses may have particular requirements for admission, and details of these can be found in the relevant sections of the Graduate Studies Prospectus for graduate applicants, or the Undergraduate Prospectus for affiliated applicants.
• who are not native speakers of English are required by the University to provide proof of their proficiency in the English language to meet the minimum standard required for admission to Cambridge. For further information see English language requirements for graduate applicants or English language requirements for affiliated applicants.
• from countries of the European Union who intend to pursue graduate study or research must, where eligible, apply for public fees awards offered by the Research Councils by the relevant deadlines.

For More Information and Application, Please Visit; Gates Cambridge Scholarship Website

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Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Scholarships: The Council of Sidney Sussex College offers annually, for men and women of any nationality, a number of Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Studentships for research or advanced courses in Law or cognate subjects in the University of Cambridge.

The Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Studentships, which are subject to reviews of diligence and progress, are tenable for one year in the first instance but may be renewed annually, up to a maximum of three years.

Their value depends on the candidate’s needs in the light of support from other sources and on the availability of income from the Evan Lewis Thomas Fund.

Under the terms of the will of the late Judge Evan Lewis-Thomas, candidates must have shown proficiency in Law and Jurisprudence, normally by obtaining a university degree in Law, and they must be or become candidates for the Ph.D. Degree, the Diploma in Legal Studies, the Diploma in International Law, the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course) in Criminology, or the LL.M Degree.

Law Scholarship

If candidates of sufficient merit present themselves, elections will next be made to up to five Studentships (of between £1,000 and £3,000 per annum, reduced to £1,000 if full funding is obtained from another source).

Election to a Studentship may be made conditional upon satisfactory results in degree examinations and is in all cases conditional upon the person elected being accepted by the Board of Graduate Studies if he/she is a candidate for the Ph.D. Degree, the M.Phil. Degree or a Diploma, or by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Law if he/she is a candidate for the LL.M. Degree.

For more information and application, see: Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Scholarships

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Bachelor of Laws scholarships by Distance Learning: The University of London International Programmes is awarding up to five full scholarships to study for a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) by distance learning in Uganda.

They are looking for outstanding students who have the academic ability and desire to study law, but may struggle to fund their studies without a scholarship.

They want to find people who will use the opportunities created by a University of London law degree to make a difference to their own lives and to Ugandan society.

LLB Minimum Entry Requirements:

All scholarship applicants have to meet our minimum entry requirements for the LLB degree:

• Two passes at GCSE A level at Grade E or above
• OR Two passes in the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) at Grade D or above
• OR Two passes at the University of Cambridge International Examinations, A Level at Grade E or above.

Plus:

• Three GCSE O levels at Grade C or above in different subjects
• OR passes in three subjects in the Certificate of Education of the Uganda National Examinations Council grades 1–4
• OR three passes at Grade E in the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education.
• A good standard of written and spoken English.
• You will also need to have regular internet access to complete your studies.

Eligibility:

• Scholarships will be awarded on academic merit but preference will be given to those who can’t afford to study for a prestigious qualification, or those who have not previously had the opportunity to obtain an undergraduate degree.
• All applicants have to meet our minimum entry requirements for the LLB degree.
• The scholarships are only open to long-term residents of Uganda.

Scholarship Cover:

What does the scholarship cover?

• The value is approximately £3,500, assuming you complete your degree in three years.
• The scholarship covers the total registration and examination fees charged by the University of London International Programmes.
• The scholarship is available for the normal period of study plus one year, subject to your continuing satisfactory academic progress, which will be reviewed each August.

Application Deadline; 13 August 2012.

For more information and application materials, see; Bachelor of Laws Scholarships by Distance Learning

Also see; University of London Law Scholarship – Uganda

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